The carcass yields and physiochemical meat quality characteristics of six different muscles (biceps femoris, infraspinatus, longissimus thoracis et lumborum, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, supraspinatus) for different sex and age groups of gemsbok antelope were determined. No live weight nor dressing percentage differences were observed for the different sex groups. While muscles, age and sex had an influence on the physiochemical parameters investigated, these differences were minor. The CIE Lab colour values for all muscles, age and sexes were in line with those deemed acceptable for game meat, while mean crude protein (20.7%) and fat (1.6%) levels were typical of game species. Discriminant analysis revealed no differentiation among the muscle groups for the variables measured. Thus, at similar live weights, male and female (sub-adult) gemsbok can be considered of equivalent meat quality and marketed accordingly.

Department of Animal Sciences University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland Stellenbosch 7602 South Africa; Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation University of Queensland Coopers Plains QLD 4108 Australia

Department of Animal Sciences University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland Stellenbosch 7602 South Africa; Department of Animal Science and Food Processing Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Kamýcká 961 129 Prague 165 00 Czech Republic

Department of Animal Sciences University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland Stellenbosch 7602 South Africa; Department of Food Science University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland Stellenbosch 7602 South Africa

Department of Food Science University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X1 Matieland Stellenbosch 7602 South Africa

School of Animal Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge LA 70803 4210 United States

School of Biological Sciences University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia

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